I know that I read a previous thread that listed most of the Carver amps and various opinions on them. I could not find it. So I am asking if you know where that thread is or "which Carver amp is your favorite"

After looking all day yesterday with no success, as soon as I posted the question, I found the thread. Oh well. Still like to hear from anyone. I just got my tfm42 and I am trying to decide between it and my 500t. What do you think?

any amp with the "T" is fine with me. just hooked up my new m200t and couldnt be happier. blends nice with the 500ts and 400ts. i cant believe the power this little guy puts out bridged running my center channel. 350 more watts added for a happily spent $150!

Having just re-tooled my power system, (I've added a tfm-42 and an A-760x amplifier to my M-4.0t amp) I have come up with a new favorite! It is the A-760x. It has a very transparent sound with mids and highs very similar to the other 2 amps I now own. What really separates it from the other 2 is it's ability to to deliver deep tight fast bass with tremendous low frequency extension that the other 2 amps can't quite match... The 2nd honeymoon has just begun!

The other thing that I have noticed is that it is very revealing of poor recordings... (It seems to make them a little fatiguing which was interesting to hear!)

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Living with both bridged TFM-55s and an M500t, I'd have to say it depends on tastes AND source material. The combination of the C-19 and M500t is easier on selection of source material. It resolves really well but not like the C-1/TFM-55s. It gracefully plays most anything you ask of it and at very loud listening levels. Imaging is detailed, the sound staging is precise, broad and deep. Bass has the SLAM you expect from one of Bob's amps. I've listened to alot of more expensive amplifiers that can't hold a candle to it. The M500 is a great amp and I'm happy to have it.

Now, the C-1 and bridged TFM-55s deserve serious listening time. Sheesh, I'm in awe. Image details are nothing short of amazing and the soundstage extends inside/outside/in front and *behind* the speakers. I'm hearing things in the music that just aren't there in other amplifier pre-amp mixes.

This is both good and bad. If you have great source material this combination is articulate but very musical. On Aerosmith's PUMP I can plainly hear Tom Hamilton's finger plucking his bass during 'Jamie's got a gun'. On Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon the clocks that prelude 'Time' actually go behind my listening position. IIRC something like that from the Quad SQ recordings from the 70s. I still had to look to make sure the surround was OFF. 2Kewl Deep bass has SERIOUS SLAM.

AMAZING

On the dark side, some of my CDs sound like crap. There is a graininess on them I didn't hear before that makes them unlistenable now. Maybe the return of the C-19 will make a difference, we'll see.....

ray

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Kahuna wrote:Having just re-tooled my power system, (I've added a tfm-42 and an A-760x amplifier to my M-4.0t amp) I have come up with a new favorite! It is the A-760x. It has a very transparent sound with mids and highs very similar to the other 2 amps I now own. What really separates it from the other 2 is it's ability to to deliver deep tight fast bass with tremendous low frequency extension that the other 2 amps can't quite match... The 2nd honeymoon has just begun!

The other thing that I have noticed is that it is very revealing of poor recordings... (It seems to make them a little fatiguing which was interesting to hear!)

I've read more than a few reviews from the so-called "experts" of the audio world that proclaim that the later series of amps after Bob had left the company had superior bass characteristics and overall better sound than his older models.

Interesting given the fact that many think anything made after he left the company was inferior to the "Bob" years.

tfm75 wrote:Do you have the review of the a760x from Stereo Review 1997. The review says the a760x is a kick-ass Amplifier that puts out ball of power.
Congrats on getting her.

I don't believe I have the Stereo Review material on the A-760x, but I just forwarded you the Audio 1997 review (possibly to post for access by others) of this amp that another member here sent me.

Presently the amp is being used with my C-16 Pre-amp. After I've had a chance to listen to my material for a while with the new amp. I will switch to my C-19 to see what that will add to the listening experience...

It just keeps getten' better 'n better...

"The only thing in this world that gives orders, is balls"

German engineering in the haus..........Jah!

I'm from the United States of KISS MY @$$

Handle every stressful situation like a dog: Piss on it and walk away..